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The Marketplace of IdeasFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:07:31 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.6Can Trump reset US-China relations in Syria?http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/can-trump-reset-us-china-relations-in-syria/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/can-trump-reset-us-china-relations-in-syria/#commentsFri, 11 Nov 2016 20:58:48 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=503643Recently, Chinese Uyghur jihadists in Syria, operating under the banner of either the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) or the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), have posted photos of suicide bombers in their current participation of the “Syrian rebel” offensive to break the siege of east Aleppo. US de facto support of anti-Chinese militants In addition […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/can-trump-reset-us-china-relations-in-syria/feed/0Bunting’s map and Israel on China’s new silk roadhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/buntings-map-and-israel-on-chinas-new-silk-road/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/buntings-map-and-israel-on-chinas-new-silk-road/#commentsSat, 15 Oct 2016 16:19:08 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=498421Yossef Bodansky, an Israeli-American political scientist and senior editor of GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily, wrote an insightful article in their September issue regarding the convergence of China’s Afro-Eurasian integration project and Bunting’s map of the world as a clover leaf. Heinrich Bunting was a German Protestant pastor, theologist and cartographer, and in his masterpiece […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/buntings-map-and-israel-on-chinas-new-silk-road/feed/0US illegally cluster bombs Laos, and now Yemenhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/us-illegally-cluster-bombs-laos-and-now-yemen/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/us-illegally-cluster-bombs-laos-and-now-yemen/#commentsThu, 13 Oct 2016 14:14:49 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=497935CIA’s nine-year secret war had made Laos the most heavily bombed country in human history. During his visit to that country on Sept 6, US President Barack Obama talked to local students, people and officials about America’s moral obligation to help Laos heal. Just three days later, the White House approved another $1.15 billion arms […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moral-bankruptcy-us-arms-package-furthers-war-crimes-in-yemen/feed/0Support for anti-Chinese militants in Syria is riskyhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/support-for-anti-chinese-militants-in-syria-is-risky/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/support-for-anti-chinese-militants-in-syria-is-risky/#commentsSun, 09 Oct 2016 12:52:39 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=497109With war hawks in US, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia arming and funding anti-Chinese militants in Syria that are planning more attacks on Chinese embassies and interests abroad, coupled with US gunboat diplomacy in the South China Sea, this dangerous “deterring the dragon” combination risks turning into a “provoking the dragon” scenario, and may escalate into […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/support-for-anti-chinese-militants-in-syria-is-risky/feed/0In Mideast, US-Saudi nexus provokes an Asian coalitionhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/in-mideast-ussaudi-nexus-provokes-an-asian-coalition/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/in-mideast-ussaudi-nexus-provokes-an-asian-coalition/#commentsSat, 03 Sep 2016 06:00:18 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=490992The US-Saudi nexus is posing a problem for Asian security. From Afghanistan to Syria and now back to Asia, this nexus of arming and supporting Islamic extremists for regime change operations has spawned and introduced global jihad into the international community. Dr. Brahma Chellaney in New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research also noted, “Western powers […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/in-mideast-ussaudi-nexus-provokes-an-asian-coalition/feed/0Why do evangelicals support Trump?http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-do-evangelicals-support-trump/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-do-evangelicals-support-trump/#commentsThu, 11 Aug 2016 07:00:58 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=487389Almost one year ago, on September 28, 2015, forty pastors and religious leaders laid their hands on Donald Trump in the Trump Tower and prayed for him. He looked awkward and confused when a rabbi laid his hand on Trump’s face, but took it in good stride and seemed appreciative for their prayers. They asked […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-do-evangelicals-support-trump/feed/0America’s democratic deficit and eroding credibility in global leadershiphttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/americas-democratic-deficit-and-eroding-credibility-in-global-leadership/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/americas-democratic-deficit-and-eroding-credibility-in-global-leadership/#commentsTue, 26 Jul 2016 14:20:53 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=484653In his April 2016 article “The End of the American Empire,” Amb Chas Freeman from Brown University’s Watson Institute observed, “The run-up to the 2016 presidential election is providing ongoing evidence that the United States is currently suffering from the political equivalent of a nervous breakdown.” He noted “America is now in a schizophrenic muddle […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/americas-democratic-deficit-and-eroding-credibility-in-global-leadership/feed/0Turkey’s double standard on terrorism foils US efforts to counter the menacehttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/turkeys-double-standard-on-terrorism-foils-us-efforts-to-counter-the-menace/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/turkeys-double-standard-on-terrorism-foils-us-efforts-to-counter-the-menace/#commentsWed, 01 Jun 2016 15:32:44 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=473848The US must stop allowing Turkey to choose Washington’s enemies in the Middle East or face failure in its counter-terrorism efforts and lose credibility as a world leader. While Turkey is selfishly pursuing its national goals amid the Middle East crisis, the US is focused on maintaining relationship with its so called allies to the […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/turkeys-double-standard-on-terrorism-foils-us-efforts-to-counter-the-menace/feed/0Will China support an independent Kurdistan?http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/will-china-support-an-independent-kurdistan/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/will-china-support-an-independent-kurdistan/#commentsThu, 19 May 2016 17:29:12 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=471474Last week the Jerusalem Post featured an article entitled, “This is our 1948: Kurds kindle a close relationship with Jews and Israel.” Hussein Yazdanpana, the leader of an Iranian Kurdish party in exile in Iraqi Kurdistan that’s been fighting ISIS, spoke about the Holocaust and values that Kurds and Jews share for freedom and democracy. Relaying the […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/will-china-support-an-independent-kurdistan/feed/0Western jihad extinguishing Christianity in Syriahttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/western-jihad-extinguishing-christianity-in-syria/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/western-jihad-extinguishing-christianity-in-syria/#commentsTue, 03 May 2016 21:23:17 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=466824Virginia state senator Richard Black traveled to Syria on a three-day trip last week to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and to highlight the extinguishing of Christianity in Syria. Sen. Black is not the only one voicing concern over the extinction of Mideast Christians via ongoing US policy of overthrowing foreign governments in the Mideast to […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/western-jihad-extinguishing-christianity-in-syria/feed/0Kurds, ISIS, test US moral legitimacy as leader and allyhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/kurds-isis-test-us-moral-legitimacy-as-leader-and-ally/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/kurds-isis-test-us-moral-legitimacy-as-leader-and-ally/#commentsThu, 14 Apr 2016 05:28:39 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=463278In the aftermath of the Brussels bombing, US and Turkish authorities are currently discussing the role of Syrian Kurds in an effort to seal ISIS supply line through Manbij that lies at the southeastern end of the 61-mile border Turkey shares with Syria. In return for Turkey’s cooperation, Erdogan demanded Syrian Arab tribes be included […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/el-al-anti-missile-system-answer-to-manpad-armed-syrian-jihadists/feed/0The risk of nuclear terrorism via ISIS’ supply line through Turkeyhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-risk-of-nuclear-terrorism-via-isis-supply-line-through-turkey/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-risk-of-nuclear-terrorism-via-isis-supply-line-through-turkey/#commentsSat, 02 Apr 2016 10:17:40 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=460904A now distinct possibility that ISIS is seeking to conduct nuclear terrorism against western cities is highlighting the role that might be played by the organization’s supply routes through Turkey in making this a reality. On March 30, on the eve of this week’s Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC, ISIS media wing al-Furat threatened […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-risk-of-nuclear-terrorism-via-isis-supply-line-through-turkey/feed/0On Texas secession, Syrian partition and imploding nation-stateshttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/on-texas-secession-syrian-partition-and-imploding-nation-states/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/on-texas-secession-syrian-partition-and-imploding-nation-states/#commentsWed, 02 Mar 2016 06:47:18 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=454125The house of international law could be shaken to its foundations if Secretary of State John Kerry removes a critical cornerstone that holds it together. Kerry says that if the Syrian ceasefire breaks down, he has a Plan B to partition Syria along ethnic and religious lines. If this happens, will it signal the end […]